KOOTHUPARAMBU: The court has remanded a CPM branch secretary for allegedly attempting to molest a 17-year-old girl at Kannavathu.

Koothuparambu Magistrate court remanded Cheruvanchery branch secretary and Theyyam artiste Mahesh Panicker (45) for 14 days.

According to the complaint, Mahesh tried to sexually harass the girl on Monday night near Kannavam in between some rituals.

Soon after the incident, locals cornered him and beat him up. Mahesh later sought medical treatment from Thalassery cooperative hospital. Kannavam police reached the hospital by night and arrested him.